Full Description
Crime Scene Investigation offers an innovative approach to learning about crime scene investigation, taking the reader from the first response on the crime scene to documenting crime scene evidence and preparing evidence for courtroom presentation. It includes topics not normally covered in other texts, such as forensic anthropology and pathology, entomology, arson and explosives, and the electronic crime scene. Numerous photographs and illustrations complement text material, and a chapter-by-chapter fictional narrative also provides the reader with a qualitative dimension of the crime scene experience.
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction: The CSI and Forensic Investigation Chapter 2. The First Response and Scene Search Chapter 3. Documenting the Crime Scene: Photography, Videography, and Sketching Chapter 4. Fingerprints and Palmprints Chapter 5. Trace and Impression Evidence Chapter 6. Bodily Fluid Evidence Chapter 7. Blood Spatter Evidence Chapter 8. Firearms and Toolmark Evidence Chapter 9. Arson and Explosives Chapter 10. The Electronic Crime Scene Chapter 11. Documentary Evidence Chapter 12. Motor Vehicles as Crime Scenes Chapter 13. Death Investigation Chapter 14. Forensic Anthropology, Odontology, and Entomology Chapter 15. Documenting the Actions of the CSI and Presenting Facts in Court, Crime Scene Supply Checklist, Glossary
